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A Sound Engineer, 28, identified as David Sunday, aka Dave, has allegedly been beaten and burnt to death by commercial cyclists along Admiralty Way, Lekki, Lagos State on Thursday.

A Twitter user, DR. PENKING: @drpenking, took to his handle to explain the events that led to the killing of Sunday.

Penking said Sunday was on his way to an event at Admiralty Way when he met his death in the hands of some cyclists.

He was said to have been killed during a squabble with a cyclist over an N100 fare.

He was attacked alongside his friends, Philip, a keyboardist, and Frank, a saxophonist.

He was attacked along with his friend, a keyboardist identified as Philip.

While Sunday was beaten and burnt to death, Philip and another friend called, Frank, a saxophonist, who attempted to come to the rescue of Sunday and Philip, were attacked and are now presently fighting to stay alive in an undisclosed hospital.

@drpenking tweeted: “Dave was a Sound Engineer in Lagos.

“He was on his way to an event at Admiralty using the same bike with the keyboardist Philip.

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“They had an argument with the bike man who was an Aboki man over N100 which resulted in a fight.

“The other Hausa men around the area doubled up and beat the two men using sticks, stones, and whatever they could lay their hands on.

“They videos-recorded the whole act. In the video, they were heard boasting. ‘We be Hausa men.’

“They beat Dave to death, but they didn’t stop there.

“They poured fuel on him and set his body ablaze, burning him beyond recognition.

“The saxophonist, Frank, went to the scene to try to access the situation and possibly separate them but he was beaten into a coma and is currently fighting for his life alongside Philip.

“This didn’t happen in Kaduna, Sokoto, or Taraba.

“This happened in Lagos State the heart of Yorubaland.”

Incidentally, that same Thursday was the day Deborah Samuel, a 200 Level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was flogged, killed and burnt over alleged blasphemy.

The murder of Samuel caused outrage among Nigerians and the international community.

The police would later arrest two men in connection with the murder of the undergraduate.

On Saturday, youths in Sokoto State took to the streets, burning and destroying property, asking that the two men arrested over the murder of Deborah were released immediately.

@drpenking further stated: “A few days ago someone raised concerns about the high influx of Hausa men into Lagos state and questioned their motive and sponsors.

“Some people scorned him as if he was saying nonsense.

“We are beginning to see the result.

“These men are already feeling like they own Lagos too.

“They felt they own Lagos because if they even had the slightest fear that ‘this is someone else’s land’ they wouldn’t have committed that dastardly act.

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“We haven’t even finished mourning the gruesome murder of Deborah in Sokoto and they took it to our very doorstep to show us that Alaye you can’t do anything.

“How long will this continue?

“Is it a crime to be a Nigerian?

“What is the value of Nigerian citizenship and passport?”

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, while confirming the incident, said that it happened on Thursday.

Hundeyin also revealed that four people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Sunday and attack on his two friends.

There is also a manhunt for others that participated in the gruesome attack, he said.

His words: “One David Sunday, 28 years old, was killed and set ablaze.

“The police went there and four people were arrested.

“There is a fifth person, who is on the run, but a manhunt is on to get him arrested.

“The investigation is ongoing, and the case will soon be transferred to the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba.”

Hundeyin stated that police investigators are using some of the recorded videos of the incident to aid their investigation.

He also added that the four men were arrested because policemen from the Moroko Police Station swiftly raced to the scene on a fateful day.

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Hamdiyya Sidi makes U-turn, apologises to Sokoto gov over video on insecurity

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Hamdiyya Sidi makes U-turn, apologises to Sokoto gov over video on insecurity

In a significant development, a Sokoto-based rights activist, Hamdiyya Sidi, being prosecuted by Governor Ahmed Aliyu-led Sokoto government for allegedly making inciting statements, has made a U-turn and issued a public apology to the state government.

Sidi was reportedly arrested for “embarrassing” Governor Aliyu, on social media.

She was subsequently arraigned secretly without having access to a lawyer nor family members, a source had said.

The woman had in a video lamented the insecurity in the state and demanded an end to the incessant killings by bandits.

She had reportedly revealed how gunmen took over villages without any restraint and added that displaced women seeking refuge in the state capital were being sexually exploited due to abject poverty.

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But in a new video shared on social media, Sidi stated in Hausa, “My name is Hamdiyya Sidi Sheriff from Sokoto state, Wurno Local Government Area.

“I am the individual who recently created a video highlighting the pressing issues of insecurity and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sokoto State.

“I’m apologising as a woman and a Muslim from Sokoto because I used some words in the video when I made reference to the governor’s wife and his family.

“The words are too heavy considering my age. The words weren’t supposed to have come from me.

“And the other comment I made that the IDPs should move into government facilities and occupy them, I regret saying that too.

“Please for God’s sake, I’m sorry, nobody has the right to move into or occupy a government facility without due process and permission.

“For the government, governor and anyone that my comment has affected, I’m sorry, please forgive me.”

Sokoto is one of states in Northern Nigeria plagued by bandits who raid and loot villages, kill residents and burn houses to the ground.

 

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A bystander was fat@lly struck by a stray bullet when some Nigerian Customs Service officers and smugglers clashed in the Obada Idi-Emi area of Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State on Monday, Nov. 25.

The violent confrontation began earlier in the day, with gunshots ringing out, throwing the community into panic.

As both sides exchanged gunfire, a resident identified as Kazeem was k!lled by a stray bullet.

The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Services, Hammed Oloyede, confirmed the incident to Punch. Oloyede said officers of the command had received intelligence about a smuggling activity of some foreign rice and they trailed the vehicle.

He added that when the driver of the vehicle observed that he had been trailed, he abandoned the smuggled item and the vehicle in a bid to evade arrest and fled the scene.

He said: “On Monday, November 25, 2024, at about 1109hrs, the operatives of Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun Area 1 Command received credible information on a Mazda 323 laden with bags of Imported rice. A surveillance team was deployed in a private vehicle to trail and give real-time updates on the Information.

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“Upon confirmation, The team with the official patrol vehicle swung into action along the bush paths of Owode-Obada and intercepted one MAZDA 323 loaded with foreign rice of 50kg each at the said Owode Obada axis. The driver abandoned the vehicle upon sighting the official patrol vehicle and managed to evade arrest.

“While conveying the intercepted vehicle with foreign rice to the Government Warehouse for documentation, the intercepted vehicle broke down at Obada town. Given the volatile nature of the area, the team leader directed that the intercepted rice be evacuated into the official patrol Hilux.”

He added that some suspected hoodlums attacked the officers while they were transloading the seized contraband which led to a free-for-all between the officers and the hoodlums.

The Ogun Customs PRO added that during the ensuing melee, the customs officers fled the scene to ensure their safety. One officer (pictured above) was injured.

Oloyede said that an investigation has commenced into the matter.

 

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